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Development and phytochemical characterization of high polyphenol red lettuce with anti-diabetic properties.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Cheng Diana M, Pogrebnyak Natalia, Kuhn Peter, Krueger Christian G, Johnson William D, Raskin Ilya
Abstract excerpt
Polyphenol-rich Rutgers Scarlet Lettuce (RSL) (Lactuca sativa L.) was developed through somaclonal variation and selection in tissue culture. RSL may contain among the highest reported contents of polyphenols and antioxidants in the category of common fruits and vegetables (95.6 mg/g dry weight and 8.7 mg/g fresh weight gallic acid equivalents and 2721 µmol/g dry weight and 223 µmol/g fresh weight Trolox...
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